Non-refillable bottle.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM S. MCCREA, OF PATTENBURG, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF T OHORATIO P. MILBERN, OF PATTENBURG, NEW JERSEY.

NONREFIVLLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part ef- Letters Patent No. 713,136, datedNovember 11, 1902.

Application filed January 2, 1902. Serial No. 88,203. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. McCnnA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pat-4 tenburg, in the county of Hunterdon and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and useful Non-Refillable Bottle, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in non-reiillable bottles.

The pbject of the present invention is to improve the construction ofnon-reiillable bottles and to provide a simple and comparativelyinexpensive one which in order to 0btain access to its contents willhave to be sufticiently mutilated to prevent it from being afterwardused as an original package, whereby it is prevented from being retilledwith animitation liquid or its contents adulterated.

A further object of the invention'is to improve the construction of theneck of the bottle and-t provide a neck which will be adapted to beeasily and accurately broken and which at the same time will affordsuflicient strength to prevent it from being accidentally broken.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated intheaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l isa vertical sec.- tional View of a portion ofa bottle constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is adetail perspective View of the guard or shield.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both liguresof the drawings.

1 designates the bottle, havingv a neck 2 adapted to receive an ordinarycork or stopper 3 in its lower portion and provided at its intermediateportion at a point above the cork or stopper with a metal ring or band4, which preferably consists of a piece of wire. The ring or band 4 isblown in the bottle or applied to the same while the bottle is beingblown,and it is embedded in the neck and preferably has its outer faceprojecting slightly beyond the neck, as clearly illustrated in Fig. l ofthe drawings; but the glass of the bottle extends partially around thewire, so that the exposed portion of the latter is less than thediameter of the wire. The wire is adapted to cause the neck to breakuniformly when theupper portion of the neck receives a blow, and at thesame time the neck of the bottle is continuous or solid at the weakenedor frangible portion, so that there is no liability of the neck beingaccidentally broken olf by a slight jar, as is often the case when theneck is weakened by an annular groove or recess.

The upper portion of the neck is provided with an interior annularshoulder 5, preferably formed by a recess and adapted to be engaged byupwardly-extending arms 6 of a locking-spring 7 cf a guard or shield 8.The neck of the bottle is provided at its top with an inwardly-taperedseat 9, formed by flaring the interior of the neck and receiving theguard or shield, which consists of a metal disk or plate tapered toconform to the configu ration of the seat and adapted to eectuallyprevent access to the cork when the'locking-spring is engaged with theshoulder of the neck, whereby the upper portion of the neck must bebroken o in order to obtain access to the contents of the bottle orother receptacle.

The guard or shield is provided with a rigid centrally-arrangeddepending stem l0, to the lower end of which is centrally secured thelocking-spring 7, which consists of a horizontal intermediate portionand the said upwardly-extending arms 6, which diverge and which areadapted t-o automatically engage the interior shoulder of the neck ofthe bottle when the guard or shield is placed in position. The springmay be secured to the stem in any suitable manner; but the said stem ispreferably reduced at its lower end to form a projection or pin and toprovide a shoulder to receive the spring. The spring is perforated topermit the pin or projection to pass through it, and it is secured tothe stem by upsetting the end of the' pin or projection against thespring vto form a head, as indicated in Fig. lof the drawings.

It will be seen that the non-rellable bottle is exceedingly simple andinexpensive in construction, that the improvements are adapted to beapplied to all kinds of receptacles having necks similar to the necks ofbottles, and that after a bottle has received its IOS) original contentsand the guard or shield has been placed in position access cannot be had'io the contents of the bottle without sufciently mutilating the same toprevent it from being afterward sold as an original package. It willalso be apparent that the improvements will prevent any adulteration ofthe contents of a receptacle and that the partially-embedded ring orband weakens the neck suciently to permit it to be readily broken and atthe same time provides a solid portion at that point to prevent theupper portion of the neck from being accidentally jarred or broken off.

l. In a device of the class described, a receptacle having a neck andprovided with a band embedded in the neck and adapted to form afrangible portion and providing a solid structure thereat to prevent theneck of the bottle from being accidentally broken, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a device of the class described, a receptacle having a neck andprovided with a ring or band of Wire embedded in the neck and projectingslightly therefrom, the width of the exposed portion being less than thediameter of the wire, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, a receptacle provided with a neckhaving a weakened or reduced portion, said neck being also provided atthe weakened portion with a filling adapted to support the neck andcapable of enabling a frangible portion to be provided without actuallyreducing the area or thickness of the neck at that point, substantiallyas described.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination with a neckhaving a frangible portion, of a cork or stopper located below thefrangible portion, and a guard or shield y Witnesses:

GEORGE H. LARGE, HoRATIo P. MILBERN.

